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# hilt

«hilt» in Mova's school dictionary: **the handle of a sword or knife** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (hilt, hilts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The hilt is the handle of a sword or knife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hilt/#m1)

2) (phrase) «up to the hilt» means completely, all the way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hilt/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

the part of a sword you hold, not the blade; in stories a hero grips the hilt before a fight

### examples

- She held the hilt of the sword tightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hilt/#x1)
- The dagger had a golden hilt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hilt/#x2)
- He was in debt up to the hilt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hilt/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hilt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hilt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.